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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

MAY 5 2025

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SERGIO CRUZ BARRERA, No. 23-2968 Agency No. Petitioner, A088-890-394 v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted April 4, 2025 Portland, Oregon

Before: BYBEE and FORREST, Circuit Judges, and RODRIGUEZ, District Judge.** Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge RODRIGUEZ.

Petitioner Sergio Cruz Barrera is a native and citizen of El Salvador. He

petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) order affirming

an Immigration Judge’s denial of his application for statutory withholding of

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Xavier Rodriguez, United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, sitting by designation. removal and withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture (CAT).

We have jurisdiction under 8…